and they “have to pose apart in photos”! He was also “quoted” as saying “it’s affecting his relationship with this long-term girlfriend”. I didn’t read any more past that because I was appalled by it.
My daughter is still upset thinking that H&L aren’t friends anymore and I’m upset because this magazine is pushing homophobic ideas on to it’s readers! I’ve spent the better part of the evening trying to convince my daughter that H&L are still best friends (thanks a lot J14!). I’m thinking of sending an email to the editor about it (not sure how much good that will do though).
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What. The. Fuck.
You should definitely, definitely write a letter to the editor.
I checked their site and couldn’t see an article about this, so I can only guess that it’ll only go online after the magazine has been on sale for a little while, but I did manage to find the ‘sneak peak’ of the cover.
Has anyone got access to this magazine and could take a photo of the offending article? I’m pretty sure it doesn’t exist in Australia.
Completely setting aside that it doesn’t matter if you think Harry and Louis genuinely are or aren’t in a relationship, there’s nothing rude about these ‘rumours’ and telling teens and pre-teens that is an appropriate term to apply to discussions about same sex relationships is so damaging. They’re welcome to think the rumours are wrong, they’re welcome to think that they’re funny, or surprising, but they are not, nor will they ever be rude.
So congratulations J14 on providing these children with judgemental language to use as a weapon, both towards other members of the One Direction fandom, but also to any gay or questioning youths they might know in their real lives.Further congratulations for potentially making any child questioning their own sexuality feel even more out of place than they already might; I’m sure they’re going to love applying words like ‘tortured’ and ‘rude’ to themselves and thinking about how their own friendships and relationships are going to suffer (and if you’d like to know the statistics on gay youth suicide, I’m sure The Trevor Project can help you out).
Boy howdy, instituationalised homophobia geared towards children sure does put me in a life ruining mood. Who’s with me?
J14 Magazine
- Website - http://www.j-14.com/
- Email - j14@j-14.com
- Twitter - @j14magazine
- Tumblr - j14magazine (they don’t have their ask box open, but you sure can tag them in your post, like I just did - hi J14)
- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/j14magazine
- Postal address - Bauer Publishing, 270 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 - Editor-In-Chief - Jacqueline Fulton (based on the email formula the company seems to follow, her email address is likely to be jfulton@bauer-usa.com)
And failing a suitable response, maybe Lynette Gallagher, Vice President of Bauer Publishing’s Teen Division would be interested in hearing about this. Or, you know, The Trevor Project.